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A very standard 'Spoonie' but that's is no bad thing. Lots of changing beers on tap and the one I had was in excellent condition.
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This is a great pub, great selection of well kept real ales.
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Typical Witherspoons. air price for both food and drink even for Blackpool.
Eaten here many times and never been let down.
Pleasant and friendly staff.
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Very good food and drink in this pub. Visited with my disabled father on a number of occasions last week. Staff very friendly, and they know about the beer they serve too.
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Bog standard Spoons. A bit unloved by the looks of things.
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This is just a basic South Shore pub, it is in trouble at the moment because it not as cheap as some of the other establishments in the area, which means that unless Blackpool FC are playing at home it is very quiet.
As I am living in the area I can only conclude that as they don,t give any preferential prices to locals they are voting with their feet and using other establishments which do.
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The first Wetherspoons I have been in since the start of their latest festival. To be honest, this place was nothing special. The usual Spoons recipe with plain open interior but a fairly good selection of ales. Although quite how many of these they really had on, I do not know. Beers showing available were Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew, Freeminer Hairway to Steaven, Wadworth Pixley Blackcurrant Stout, TSA Double Espresso, Greene King IPA and Ruddles Best. Ciders and perries were Westons Old Rosie & Marcle Hill and Broadoak Perry. Considering the lack of decent real ale pubs in Blackpool, this Wetherspoons was quite a welcome find.
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A Spoons in Blackpool, it makes perfect sense. This shabby and vulgar excuse for a seaside town needs one, because believe me nitrokeg and lager rule the roost. I ventured in here once a few years ago after being accosted by a homeless beggar and before that a deranged Scotsman who had forgotten to go back home after a weekend piss up. Needless to say moi was frazzled and in need of liquid refreshment which was gratefully supplied. As i recall a reasonable selection of ales were on offer in a quietish pub, not a hen or stag party in sight!
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Fairly unremarkable 'spoons, but set several roads back from the beach and thus avoiding the worst of the seaside mayhem. Also surprisingly far out from the centre of town but pretty close to the South station. Most - but by no means all - of the 12 handpumps were working, and the selection of real ales was a reasonable mixture of the usual suspects and rarer offerings. My pint of the dubiously named Doff Cocker from the Three Bs Brewery was first class at �1.70, and I doubt whether you'll find a better place for a pint in this part of the town.
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Have visited this place again on few occasions before going to the football ¬ alot has changed. 12 handpumps in total yet all bar 3 had available soon on them ( the 3 being Abbot, Greene King IPA & a very awful Spinning Dog brew).
Wouldn't mind but the available soons always seem to be a good selection.
Have had the same problem with vouchers and 2 half pints at this place.
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12 handpumps and only 2 beers available. Both of us chose a half pint of Three B's Bobbins. Gave the girl a voucher and was told she couldn't accept it on 2 half pints. Took it when I said put them both in a pint glass then. Never had this problem anywhere else in the past 12 months. I was told the till would not discount 2 half pints! Other than that, I was impressed by the prompt service and the tables were kept cleared and wiped clean.
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My girlfriend and i went into this pub for breakfast while on holiday so it was about 9.00am i ordered 2 breakfasts and 2 cokes then we where both asked for id for breakfast and 2 cokes!!! plus we where both 31 years old i asked why we where being asked for id when we where not drinking alcohol and pointed out we where both 30 years old and have not been asked for id for about 10 years.i was told it was there policy.
We did not have id so we was told to leave for ordering breakfasts and glasses of coke!!!
We will be not coming here again!
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Pretty busy for a tuesday lunchtime, friendly and quick service though,nice open plan spoons with comfy sofas,�1.79 pint,12 handpumps 10 bein interesting brews,tried two and both were perfectly kept, 8/10
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Went in on Saturday before football and must admit that I am surprised to read the previous report. Again no sign of goatee but every hand pump was in operation with no "coming soon" signs. Enjoyed a few pints of the Hawkshead Bitter and I must say that it was better than the usual standard for a Wetherspoons.
Based on my first experience of this pub I would have no hesitation in returning given the lack of real ale houses in close proximity and I have certainly been in worse Wetherspoon establisments before.
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Poorest spoons I've been in for many a day. No "Sorry not available" or "Coming Soon" signs on the ales,just little miniscule white handwritten stickers with "not on" on them. But the not on beer may be lurking on the next bank of pumps.....after you have had a Pedigree(ugh!) which was moderate. The Dent(discovered as previously explained) was better but not great. The grub was woeful and took an age to come,the serving woman nearly threw the dinner at me due to the plate being so hot from being under the hot bulb for so long. The 2 medium steaks were like leather,overcooked and untenderised. In fairness the lady serving did come and ask how the meals were but by that stage we'd all eaten as much as we could due to hunger. She offered replacement steaks as if she was used to doing so but we'd seen enough.
No sign of the "goatee-bearded" manager in the previous review,just 2 gormless lads behind the bar but............................guess who emerged from the microwaving area(I daren't call it a kitchen)????? Sums it up. Stay away.
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Smaller Wetherspoon pub - surprising nearly empty on the 3 evenings I visited, food and beer alright, goatee bearded manager (?) is a disgrace to his profession, rude to his staff and customers, and takes great offence if any of the customers give Wetherspoon discounted vouchers towards drinks - maybe thats why the place in nearly empty !
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I enjoyed my sessions here whilst on holiday in July this year. I didn't notice any undesirables on my 4 or 5 evening visits to this pub. The food was the usual Wetherspoon's value for money offerings and the real ales were excellent - what more could a man need?
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This one's at the lower end of The Spoons scale.
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Absolutely bog standard Wetherspoons so you will know whether you will like it. Quite a reasonable beer range assuming all he pumps were working: Hawkshead Lakeland Gold, Vale VPA, Tom Wood Old Timer, Moorhouses Pendle Witch's Brew, Abbot, Pedgree and Old Hooky.
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Not the best Weatherspoons but not the worst. Staff usually on a different planet - can usually only remember one drink at a time! Service with food can be variable. The beer is usually ok. Usually full of hardened drinkers who congregate around the entrance area which can be off putting! Good for pre/post football at Bloomfield Road! Security on door do sometimes turn away fans in colours way!
Up The Pool!
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Went there last october with my g/f and mother found a sticky table that I had to clean myself. Barman looked confused, not embarrased when I asked for a cloth to clean the table. Ordered 3 meals (mixed grill/rump/sirloin steak. After waiting 45 minutes I enquired as to where our meal was, was told they would be coming out 1 by 1 over the next 15 minutes. When I stated any chance of having them all together so we could esat together the girl gave me one of those your lucky your getting it looks. Not located in the best part of blackpool usual crowd of drunken misfits, one in fleetwood is better if you fancy an hour on the tram
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I went here on a wet and windy november morning, found it clean, plenty of hardened drinkers even at 10am, good breakfast, cheap and tasty. Id deffo give this place a go in the evening, better than those tourist trap seafront bars full of chavvy scum!
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Poorest Weatherspoons in the Area. Service is hopeless and beer often not available despite pumps being in view.
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It's a good place for a pint of real ale before / after a football match (Bloomfield Road is a couple of minutes away). But to be honest, many locals aren't keen on this part of town, which is tourists-ville Arizona!
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First of all 2 railway stations appear to be the wrong way round,Blackpool South is just around the corner,Pleasure Beach station is around half a mile away,Spoons pub with a good selection of beer,it has a strange feature that here along with Fleetwood,St Annes and Southport the Monday club is also on Tuesdays,I can only say the beer is standard spoons (John Smiths,Marstons Pedigree but has a good selection of guest beers,food served bur as what seems to be the norm with Wetherspoons the toilets are upstairs.
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